Washback Effect of Direct TOEIC Preparation Class on Students’ Motivation
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This study aimed 1) to investigate how direct TOEIC preparation class influence students’ motivation; and 2) to compare students’ motivation according to their test performance. The samples comprised 37 third year Business English majors studied in the second semester of academic year 2017, enrolled in Preparation for TOEIC course, and took the TOEIC in April, 2018. A questionnaire was used to collect the data and the statistics used in data analysis were percentage, mean and standard deviation. The result suggested that for the influence of the direct TOEIC preparation class on students’ motivation, the students were motivated to study for the test as it will be benefited for their future career (4.78). For the comparison of students’ motivation according to their test performance, both high score (4.91) and low score students (4.72) viewed that getting a high score on the TOEIC is important for future employment. The high score (4.83) and low score students (4.40) viewed that they expect to use English frequently in their future job. Furthermore, for high score students (4.83), they feel that studying for this test will improve their TOEIC score. However, both high score (2.25) and low score students (2.64) opined that they do not feel their English is improving quickly while studying for the TOEIC. It is recommended that positive washback should be promoted when preparing learners for the test.
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